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SJR 3                                                                                                                         
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 Relating to the effect of                                                                         
Medicare rates on senior citizens' access to healthcare; and urging the                                                         
United States Congress to increase Medicare rates for Alaska, was                                                               
read the second time.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                      
resolution be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and                                                               
placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 was read the third time.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                        
Relating to the effect of Medicare rates on senior citizens' access to                                                          
healthcare; and urging the United States Congress to increase                                                                   
Medicare rates for Alaska, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with                                                            
the following result:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SJR 3                                                                                                                           
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green,                                                               
Hoffman, Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Olson, Stedman, Stevens,                                                                    
Therriault, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski, Wilken                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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and so, SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 passed the Senate and                                                                     
was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.